New Product Development Manager

The Role

Are you ready to lead the charge in a dynamic and rapidly evolving industry? Our Oral Nicotine Delivery Category is seeking a passionate and experienced New Product Development Manager to drive our innovation projects and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality products that meet consumer needs.

This category is represented by a lean, senior, and agile team with a challenger mindset. We thrive on pushing boundaries and delivering exceptional products. As the New Product Development Manager, you will play a crucial role in overseeing the entire breadth of our innovation projects, ensuring effective delivery and maintaining our competitive edge as a part of our inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees.

Principle Accountabilities

Drive Agility: Oversee and manage the full spectrum of innovation projects within the OND Category.

• Product Development: Ensure the timely creation of both new and existing products, meeting quality and cost specifications.
• Consumer Insight: Utilize your deep understanding of the consumer landscape to co-define and support our innovation pipeline.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Align perspectives from Insights, Marketing, GSC, Science, and Regulatory Affairs to drive successful product development.
• Portfolio Management: Manage the end-to-end portfolio of innovation projects, ensuring timely and effective delivery.
• Product Expertise: Consult with brand leads on product characteristics required for targeted consumer segments, aligned with brand equity.

Skills and Experience Required

• Proven experience in project management and product development
• Strong understanding of consumer needs and market trends
• Excellent leadership and collaboration skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Experience in managing cross-functional teams and external partners
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills

In this role you will be prepared for regular domestic and international travel.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, and many extras including a great pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement and hybrid/flexible working opportunities as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.